A group of neighbors has come out against the Denver Zoo’s plan to open a secondary entrance in City Park.

The zoo unveiled its plans earlier this month at a meeting with the registered neighborhood organization, or RNO, City Park Friends and Neighbors.

The zoo outlined its vision and told the RNO it would launch a pilot program to test whether reopening the defunct west entrance would provide better access for pedestrians and cyclists.

However, City Parks Friends and Neighbors weren’t convinced.

In a letter sent to the zoo and provided to Denverite on Friday, David Scarbeary, the registered neighborhood organizations’ president, said the “clear consensus expressed” by its members and other neighbors was that “the Zoo should not proceed with opening [the western entrance] for public ad

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